2018年10月17日水曜日

“How fascinating”
the guests seemed to say, judging from their expressions.

The other N prepared illustrated Chinese
characters with its original forms of six senses at a wheel of stone. They all
read Chinese characters, so they must have understood them quite well.

One of them even read some parts of the
inscription of the temple Bell made in 1631.(R’s introduction
to one of the oldest historical relics of the Yakuoin)They showed interest in all kinds of
topics, ---a list of 厄年, charms,Asagimadara, 108 delusions( Who counted
them?) , and so forth. Good listeners!

Since
we had the information that “one of them had difficulties hiking in rough
terrain”, we took the Fuji trail to the top. However,
she had to ask how much more to climb at each turn. With everyone’s encouragement , we all made it to the summit. Our greatest
achievement for this tour! ( N helping carry her handbag! I had to smile to
myself……how funny it looked, but how sweet and kind of
him.) At the summit, our heroine wanted the picture of herself ,alone right
next to 高尾山頂. We celebrated with her, and were proud of
her, too.

Cozy, relaxed and friendly all the way.

They treated us to late lunch at Takahashiya.
Another live conversation on families, marriages of young people, the Japanese
society and Singapore and so on during the meal.

2018年10月9日火曜日

The tour was very gorgeous for guests
because 8 TENGU members guided 2 guests. Ms. Moshi Esther Epaphra(nickname Esther)
from Tanzania and Mr. Banjong Prawit(nickname Pae) from Thailand are the
guests. We 8 members explained many sightseeing
spots by turns. Guests were interested in our guiding talk and asked many
questions. Through answering questions, we talked much, and enjoyed
conversations.

Esther and Pae touches octopus statue in
order to draw good fortune.

After lunch, Chiko, a member of TENGU held
a training session for ORIGAMI, traditional Japanese art of paper folding. Under
Chiko's guidance, we folded paper cranes. Esther and Pae acquired the skills
perfectly and completed beautiful paper cranes.

Chiko teaches how to fold paper crane.

After ORIGAMI, we sang a Japanese song. It
was "HAKODATE NO HITO" which is one of hit songs of KITAJIMA SABURO
who is the most popular ENKA singer. Nao, tour leader of TENGU prepared words
and musical score of the song, so all of us sang the song together.ORIGAMI and ENKA would be a memorable experience
for the guests. One week before the tour, the 24th typhoon
of this year hit the Japanese Archipelago.The maximum wind speed was 45.6m/s in
Hachioji City. A lot of trees in Mt. TAKAO were broken branches and several
trees were blown down. It was quite rare scenery.

About us

TENGU has been offering the free English guide tour of Mt. Takao to the guests from overseas since 2010. Our regular tour is held every third Sunday. We offer the tour for other date, if our members are available. Please send us an e-mail at tengu.guide at gmail.com with the date and time you prefer.